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#21 The Ohio State University @ Penn St., Saturday, January 18 @ 12PM, ESPNU

People keep saying they can't wait for the Wessons to be gone and these are two of the only guys who can consistently produce good results overall on the court this season. If not THE only guys, at least until Young gets back to 100%.

Sure, maybe the team looks more fluid and balanced once the Wessons are gone, I dunno. I can tell you the other guys are gonna have to improve IMMENSELY over how they're playing now, and that includes literally everyone on this current team that isn't Young, Wesson, & Wesson. I am starting to wonder if Washington and Muhammad are going to become anything more than erratic players who hurt as much as they help. Carton has a LOOOOOONG way to go as a PG, I guess the good news is we get one more season of him, at least. Walker is about what I expected--and what anyone who paid attention to him at FSU should have expected, and yet we had people on forums saying stuff like "Thank goodness, we have two true PGs now"--LOL. Gaffney's about as likely to transfer as he is to turn into a star here. EJ, I really thought would be more ready. I thought he'd be like frosh Jae'Sean, maybe slightly better--not even close. I am not giving up on him by any means, but like literally everyone else on this team that aren't the upperclassmen, he has a lot of work to do to get better.

We can't seem to figure out a decent offense with Kaleb, our most offensively skilled player by a huge margin, and Andre bombing 3s at 40-plus percent, so count me as even more nervous about what our offense might look like next season if this is how our coaches strategize on that end of the court. The hope will have to be that we get more consistent shooting and better basket penetration. Say your prayers now.
I am not saying I can't wait for Kaleb to leave. I am saying he is having a bad game and looks like he doesn't want to be there. He has not played well today and I am not sure how many TOs and bad passes he has made today. He is definitely not playing as well as he has in the past.
 
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Nearly a 50 point swing between the two games vs. PSU.

Will the Buckeyes even be ranked when they face Minnesota for the rematch on Thursday? They were ranked #3 when they met in Minneapolis. Will the Bucks come out fired up for revenge? They damn well better.
 
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Pay no attention to the player suspensions.
Well that's why I said 80% and not 100% lol. I don't doubt that the losing is probably causing some friction in the locker room but I don't really buy that it's the source. I think a LOT of it just has to do with how dominant B1G home teams are this year, and it just so happens OSU has played the majority of their B1G schedule so far on the road. The lone loss so far that's given me some worry is the home loss to Wisconsin. West Virginia is a good team that nearly knocked off Kansas at Kansas, so no shame in losing that. Everything else has been right in line with how the rest of the B1G season has played out and no team has been immune really. The only reason Sparty is currently in first place is because they've played two road games, one being at Northwestern where they eked out a 5 point win. The second they got hammered by 30 at a barely .500 Purdue squad currently getting destroyed on the road by Maryland. Could these struggles be a sign of something bigger? Any other year I'd say yes. Last year it was clear the team had a hard ceiling above them. This year? The majority of the evidence point to struggles of B1G road play. Like I said earlier in the thread though, if they lose to Minnesota and Indiana at home and Northwestern on the road, I think it's definitely time to be worried.
 
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